Mannequin limb



Oct. l2, 1948. J. R. DusKo 2-451023 MANNEQUIN LIMB Filed DeC. '15, 1945cose/oh i?. usko.

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,q TTQRNEK Patented Oct. 12, 1948 MANNEQUIN LIMB Joseph R., Dusko,Youngstown, Ohio Application December 15, 1945, Serial No. 635,190

This invention relates to a method of making and repairing mannequinsand more particularly to the construction of the shoulders, wrist andwaist-joints thereof. f f

The principal object of the invention is the provision of a method ofmaking an improved joint construction as used in mannequins.

A'further object of the invention is the provision of a mannequinconstruction incorporating structural members and surface members andmeans effectively joining the two together to form an unbreakable,integral unit.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a mannequinconstruction incorporating joint structures firmly uniting the papiermchbody of the mannequin to a metallic structural supporting member andjoint means.

The method of making and repairing mannequins shown and described hereinhas been devised to provide a more substantial structure than hasheretofore been possible with the various constructions heretoforeknownv in the art. It is Well known that many mannequins of varioussizes and shapes are employed in retail establishments for the displayof wearing apparel. It is also known that these mannequins are primarilyformed of hollow papier-mch body parts and that the various limbs andbody parts are removably afxed to one another so that the mannequin canbe adjusted as to various positions and postures and straight or curvedarms substituted or interchanged so that the merchandise may be moreadvantageously displayed thereon. It is also well known that thesemannequins are frail and subject to considerable breakage particularlywith respect -to the sections thereof adjacent the joints by means ofwhich the various body and limb portions are attached to one another.The present invention relates to a method of making and/or repairingmannequins to avoid breakage at or near the joint structures.

WithI the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within thescope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

The inventionis illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein: Y

Figure 1 is a plan view with parts broken away and parts in crosssection illustrating the portion 2 Claims. (Cl. 46--163) of a mannequinand the construction of a joint structure therein.

Figure 2 is an enlarged cross 'sectional side elevationof a portion ofan arm of a mannequin illustrating the method of making and/or repairingthe same. l

Figure 3 is an end elevation of the joint portion of -the mannequinillustrated in Figure 2.

By referring to the drawings and Figure 1 in particular, it will be seenthat a mannequin is generally indicated by the numeral I IJ, a lowerportion I I being attached thereto as at a waist joint I2, and an armportion I3 affixed to a shoulder portion I4 of the mannequin by a jointconstruction including a bifurcated structural member I5 located withinthe body portion I0 of the mannequin and terminating in a face plate I6which is slotted to enable it to receive a ball joint construction I'Iattached to the arm I3.

In Figures 1 and 2 of the drawings the arm I3 will be seen to comprise ahollow arm structure, preferably formed of papier-mch as is customary inthe art, vand having the added features of an internally positionedmetallic structural assembly I8 in the form of a pair of rods spacedapart and retained in spaced relation as by means Vof a bracing memberI9 which is welded or otherwise affixed to the rods I8. The uppermostend sections of the rods I8 are welded or otherwise affixed to a plate20, and the ball joint.

assembly Il, heretofore referred to; projects therefrom so that it mayoperatively engage a suitable mounting slot or cavity in the face placeI6 in the shoulder construction I4 of the mannequin I0. The upper endsection of the hollow papier-mch arm I3 is filled with a wooden disc 2Iwhich is located immediately adjacent the plate 20. It will be observedthat the rods I8 extend through the wooden disc 2 Iby way of openings 22formed therein.

In forming the construction in accordance with the invention, a tubularsection of screen 23 is positioned about the end of the arm I3 andwithin a cut-away section 24 of the layers of papiermch. A plurality oftacks 25 are driven through the screen 23, the papier-mch layers of thearm I3 and into the wooden disc 2| thereby firmly uniting the screen 23,the papier-mch layers of the arm I3 and the wooden disc 2|. A mold isthenv positioned to provide for the application of a metal cap 26 whichis preferably of solder and poured so that one section thereof engagesthe outer edges of the plate 20 and the other section thereof extendsover the tacks 25 and the screen 23 a substantial distance back onto thehollow arm I3. The papier-mch oi the arm I3 is thereby rmly a'ixed tothe end structure comprising the plate 20 and the wooden disc 2| andsealed thereto by the application of the poured metal cap 2B. A plasteror plastic material ll 21 is then applied to the area of exposed screenand cut papier-mch layers 24 to lill in satisfactorily between the cutend section and the inner end of the poured metal cap 26. When this isproperly set, the exterior enamelI finish customarily used in nishingmannequins is then applied over the entire joint structure including theplaster ll 21 and the metal cap 26. resulting structure has been foundto resistbreakage unusually well, and as it is equally applicable in newconstructions or in the repairing of. broken mannequin jointstructures,the invention is considered to relate to both.

It will be obvious to those skilled in theart of mannequin formationthat the structure thus disclosed applying to ther shoulder jointI ofthemannequin may be equally advantageously applied toY the-wrist joints,waist joints and other `joints of a mannequin.

lit will. be obvious that the detailed disclosurel as set forth inFigure 2 is used on bothhalv-es of the` joint, that is, on. the shoulderportion and the arm portion as illustrated in Figure 1 and indicatedbythe numerals I4 and I3, respectively. The same is true in its use inawrist joint, the same construction being applied in opposed relation.to both the hand section, if desired, and the wrist section. In` thisconnection it is pointed out that it is sometimes customary in themannequin artvto apply solid hand portions and in this event theconstruction disclosed herein isA applied only tothe wrist end ofthe armportion of the mannequin as well as to the other various jointstructures of the mannequin.

It` will thus be seen that a simple and eiiicient method. of making andrepairing a mannequin has been disclosed, which method. may beadvantageously used in re-working mannequins as well as in the formationofnew mannequins. The structural members inserted within the hollow bodyand. limb portions of the mannequin carry the stress of the mannequinstructure, and as these stresses are conveyed directly to one another bythe plate and face plate portions included in The.

4 the joint assemblies, there is little or no likelihood of thepapier-mch body portions being broken away from the joint structures ashas heretofore been commonplace. l

Having thus described my invention, w at I claim is:

12A mannequin limb including a hollow ody section, a metallic supportingstructure positi ned therein, metallic end plates axed to both ends ofthe said 'supporting structure and defining the ends of the said limb,joint means afxed to the said metallic end plates, nailer sectionspositioned immediately adjacent the said metallic end plates andinwardlytherefrom, and means for attaching the end sections of the hollow limbto the said nailer sectionsland metallic end plates, said meanscomprising a layer of screen encircling each end section ofthe limb,fasteners driven through the screen and the material of the hollow limband into the circumferential edge of the nailer sectiomand a metal capencircling and overlying at least'part of the-screened section andenclosing the endof the hollow limb, and finishing material iilling thesurface area between the metalv cap andthe finished surface area of thesaid hollow limb.

2'. In a mannequin having a plurality of body and limb portionsremovably axed to one another, each of the said body and limb portionscomprising a hollow member, a supporting structure positioned therein,end plates axed to bothv ends of the said supporting structure anddefining the ends of the said hollow member, joint means a-iixed to-thesaid platesmailer sections positioned adjacentthe said plates andinwardly therefrom, and means for attaching the end sect-ions oi thehollow members to the said nailer sections and plates, said meanscomprising a layer of screen encircling each end section of the hollowmember,

fasteners driven throughfthe screen and the-maa terial of the hollowmember and into theA circumferential edge of the nailer section7 andacap encircling and overlying at least part of the said screened sectionand enclosing the end of the hollow member and nishing material fillingthe surface: area between the cap and the nished surface area of thesaid hollow member'.

JOSEPH R. DUSKO.

No references cited.

